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Introduction 1

3.0 refusing changes 3

3.1 affect 5

3.2 ways to overcome 6

4.0 difficulties in understanding 7

4.1 affect 9


5.0 stress 12

5.1 affect 14


Summary 19

References 20


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When we talk about self-manage learning concept, which is

mean we have to study independently. There is no management,

lecturer or warden to provide you everything. Unlike UNITAR,

CCOSMOPOINT, TAYLOR, UPM, USM etc. they are provide lecturer,

management, warden and schedule to follow.

In the world today, education is very important. For those who

are not educated, they wil l leave far away by society. Degrees

holder are too common for the society nowadays. In the budget

2009, our prime minister had make an announcement to provide

rm31 bil l ion for the education in Malaysia. It I a very big amount

compare to last year. Government had increase the amount to 14.1%

compares to the budget 2008

In spite that, there are sti l l so many of them who cannot get a

job. For OUM learners, there is not a problem for them if they able

to sacrif ice their t ime for studies. In the graduation day, they are for

sure snapping picture with their family (with proud). Furthermore, it

is a very good advantage for them to learn in OUM. They have

experiences, EQ and also knowledge.

Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, in the speech of Parliament, 2001

mentioned that 75% of the degrees holders enable to get a job.
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They are smart in studies, they are good student with colorful

result, but are they able to complete the job given is the next

question.

E-learning is also one of the learning methods in OUM beside

face to face tutorial. E-learning refers to using electronic

applications and processes to learn. E-learning applications and

processes include Web-based learning, computer-based learning,

virtual classrooms, and digital collaboration. Content is delivered via

the Internet, intranet/extranet, audio or video tape, satell i te TV, and

CD-ROM.

There is many problem occur for working adult e-learners

during their studies. They have to be part t ime student, full t ime

worker and have to concentrate on their family. Those who are

married wil l get more impact in their l i fe being a part t ime student.

They have to pay attention on their parents, husband/wife and also

children. Working people may face stress with their t ight schedule.

Time management also one of the factor. Some of them do not have

interest in studies but sti l l taking up courses because of their

comfort zone purpose so they are not ready. Lack of experiences

on the learning method, unable to understand 100%, language

problem and etc may lead them to failure.


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3.0 People refuse to change

As mention, education takes every important place nowadays.

For getting a higher level in career, certif icate place a very important

role. Everyone rush for it and take up a course without getting ready.

For those who are ambitious, their aims are to get higher level

and salary. Ambitious people wil l not get away from power and

money. They take up courses without knowing how far they can able

to do so. This is because they may face a lot of diff iculties to

concentrate. Those who can manage their mentality, t ime and wil l ing

to sacrif ice wil l be the winner.

There are also some people who are in their comfort zone.

Comfort zone is a meaning that the person has their own thinking

create by themselves, environment or other people. They refuse to

change and step out of their comfort zone. To do so, it is very

diff icult. Most of them their comfort zone is to get a degree and

master. They do not even know their abil ity to do so.

For parents, education is very important for their children. Not

enough with schooling period and homework, tuit ion classes and

home practices are compulsory. Nowadays, the competit ion is so

big. Friends compete with friends to get the best result.


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Not enough with 11 As, they are a iming 20 As. 14 As are so

common that no one looking for it. The best student wil l not only

getting scholarship. They are getting power, money and records too.

These situations change the mind of society as well working adults

too...

E-learners decide to take up courses should know who they

are, their aim, why and how far they can make it. Taking a half way

course, ending up getting nothing is a waste of energy, money and

time as well.

Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come

alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs are people who

have come alive

-- Howard Thurman


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3.1 Affect from the causes

This wil l affect the students in their study. They are not

prepared and ready to face the l ife of a blend learning method

student. They are not wil l ing to sacrif ice their t ime and their freedom

yet. As they are not ready, they can not able to score high marks in

assignment, forum or examination. They know their aim but they are

not yet ready for it. This is the biggest mistake taking courses

without making sure one is ready.

Furthering study is not for anyone. Going for further

study is for own self. If one have no interest in education, then it is

advisable not to study again. One who cannot think and react out of

the comfort zone wil l get nothing at the end. They dont have

interest in education. They only wil l get stress for not doing

themselves. There are people who study because of their family.

They take up the course maybe because the entire member in the

family are all educated except for a black ship son/daughter. This

condition always occurs in a rich family.


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3.2 How to overcome the problem

Once should learn how to love themselves. Nowadays,

teenagers do not understand themselves. They do what people think

and do. This is ridiculous, as people are different from each other.

What they do may not suitable for us and what they think is not what

we are thinking too. We have to understand ourselves. Understand

our good and our bad, accept who and what we are. Then, we wil l

love ourselves. We should love ourselves. If we dont accept who

and what we are, then we cannot love ourselves.

OUM has counselor that wil l also help us in education and also

problems in our l i fe, no matter it is privacy or not. Counselors of

OUM are professional, that all the students problem is private and

confidential. Students should have confident with OUM counselors.

They wil l certainly help students to overcome the problem with a

good way and manners. Students can arrange a time to meet the

counselors or making an appointment with them. They are also

will ing to l isten from students through telephones during office

hours.


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4.0 diff iculties in understanding

Some of the student does not know what, when and how to do

so. With the OUM self-learning and blend learning concept, student

of OUM have to get their assignment by their own .Unlike a teacher,

they wil l tell the student their homework, assignment and revision

classes.

Some of the OUMs students do not know they have

assignments to complete and the assignments are not those projects

that had done in the school t ime. In the SPM or STPM examination,

most of the student cant even complete 1200 words. Student with

lack of experiences of OUM will get into their nerves when they

know that they have to complete an assignment with at least 1500

words (5-6 pages). How will they do that?

For those in the small town or vil lages, language is the main

problem of all. All the OUMs subject except for Bahasa Malaysia is

conduct in English. Even in the OUM website, English language is

use. How the condition wil l occur for those who cannot understand

English? Lecturer wil l only discus with the student. They dont have

time to teach h the student ABC.


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The same condition wil l happen to the student of OUM who are

not good in using computers and technologies. OUM concept is

blend-learning concept which is, students have classes with

lectures, opportunity to meet the lecture for discussion and lastly,

online learning. Online leaning wil l need the students to understand

the technologies. They do not know how to download, enter or

search for the website they needed. This wil l cause a lot of problem

for them in their studies. They hardly do anything if they do not know

the technologies. This condition mostly occurs for those who are in

the middle age and seldom use computers. Even some of them do

not know how to reply a sms. They do not know all the technologies

and this may the most problem that they fear of.

IT world is too far a part from them. Unlike the generation now,

they use computers everyday as entertainment, home work, chatting

and business purpose. In the school, computer and internet is one of

the compulsory subjects so that student knows how to use the

computer as computer is very important nowadays.


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4.1 affect

This may affect their studies. It wil l reduce the marks of online

learning which carries 5%. Although it is only 5%, it can change the

grade of subject. 5% is only a small mark, but you wil l f ind it useful

when you need them. Online learning wil l need the students to enter

the forum for question, helping friends to overcome a problem and

also discussion. Without computer, student may not enter the forum.

Student cannot get 5% for online learning.

Besides online learning, students also need the skil l of

computer to download assignments as well. Assignments wil l be

given through internet in the Open Universitys website by Open

Universitys management in Kuala Lumpur. Assignment carries 35%.

Without computer skil l , student do not know how to download or

worst sti l l they do not know how to print the assignment. Marks

will be deducts daily for a l ate assignment

Computer also needed to enter OUMs digital l ibrary. It is so

convenient for student for student rather than searching for a book

in the l ibrary. Ending up a few hours in the l ibrary with just a book is

not the way for working student. Digital l ibrary by OUM makes the

life of working student easier but suffer for those who do not know

how to use a computer


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4.2 ways to overcome

In OUM, a subject had been chosen as one of the compulsory

subject, Learning Skil l For Student and Distance Learners (OUMH

1103). This subject had been a compulsory subject since the year of

2003. It is to help those learners who are not use to computer.

Student can read topic 2. There are 38 pages in the topic 2. After

understand the content, student wil l be able to overcome this

problem. Finally, student wil l f ind computer is just a piece of

pancake.

Student can also carry out a computer class to improve

themselves. Computer classes are available everywhere and it does

not cost much. It wil l only cost Rm350-500 for a course depends to

the place. They wil l be given a certif icate when they pass the

computer examinations. With the certif icate, they can also get a job

easily. Most of the companies need workers with computer skil l .

Books are also the lecturer for us. Computers books are

available in the bookstore. Computer book wil l not cost them much

too. Computer books are available in any bookstore. It is not a

problem for student to get them. Just grab one of the books now,

read and understand it. Surely it wil l not cause the old problem

anymore.


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Discussion is also important. Without a group of discussion,

you cannot survive. Students need to complete assignment, covering

4-5 topics in 3-4 subjects within two weeks. It i s very tired. Form a

discussion group to help you. Four to five people is enough.


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5.0 stress

Stress is also one of the factors that creates problem for

working adults to learn in OUM. Stress is an emotionally disruptive or

upsetting condition of mind which occurs in response to adverse external

influences. Stress raises the level of adrenaline (a hormone & a neurotransmitter)

and corticosterone (a 21 carbon steroid hormone) in the body, which leads to

increase in the heart rate, respiration, and blood pressure and puts more physical

stress on bodily organs. When some thing pleasant or unpleasant happens

around you, which puts you in a state of strain or pressure, it is called stress.

Financial is hardly solved by those working people. For full

t ime student, government wil l help them by applying PTPN loan.

Yayasan is also helping them in financial problem. Now days,

everything had change. The price of raw materials such as petrol,

diesel, latex, oil and etc had increase more than 40%. This also

affected the price of the goods and foods. Malaysian had tried their

best to save money by taking public transportations, sharing

transport, reduce food intake, using motorcycle instead of car and

taking vegetables and fruits instead of meat and fish. Government

also encourages them to reduce meat intake. Take more local fruits

and vegetables. The government has made their best effort by

promoting Malaysians fruits, animal and also vegetable in Serdang

recently.
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For OUM working adults, it is a very hard l ife for them to go

through especially for those who are having their own family.

Nowadays, crimes are all around. Sadly, crimes happen to most to of

children and being done b y teenager. It believes that these

teenagers come from a broken family. Drug addict taken by the

teenager are also comes from a rich family. Parents are too busy

with their works, activit ies, lack of family attention and love causes

these crime activit ies happen.

Not enough with children, they need to take care of the old

people if they are sti l l around. Old people need a full attention too.

Old people have lower stamina compare to adults. Their body

is no longer strong. Stroke, diabetic, high blood pressure, cancer

are so common. They are very sensitive with food, temperature and

etc.

That is why they need special care. Do the best you can to

your love one, you will never regret at the end to the day.


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5.1 affection from above (stress)

The affect cause by stress might be i n positi ve ( Eustress) or

negative ( Distress) way. Both may not necessaril y occur due to

positive and negative events compulsorily. The reason being, the

distinction between good or bad depends upon the perception of an

individual.

The various types of stress can also be further

categorized.Stress functions at three stages namely:

Alarm stage

Resistance stage

Exhaustion stage

The level at which you are defines the further coarse of

action. Stress can directly or indirectly lead to development of

physiological or psychological disorders. Long-term stress can play

as a contributing factor in heart disease, high blood pressure,

stroke, enlargement of the adrenal glands and other i l lnesses.

To know stress better we first need to identify the stressors.

They are both external and internal. The identif ication is necessary

to decide the kind of treatment required by one.

Eustress is healthy for you. It keeps you excited about l i fe. I t

is basically a desirable form of stress which is healthful and gives a

feeling of contentment.


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Some of the examples of Eustress are:

A) Thril l experienced while watching a horror movie

B) Excitement of winning a race

C) Accomplishing a challenge

D) Joy experienced on a roller-coaster ride

E) Happiness felt on the birth of a baby

F) Excitement while getting wedded

It is often known as curative and pleasant stress which is very

important for a person to generate maximum performance and

output. Sometimes we don't want to get away from stress because it

is actually Eustress. Distress is also referred to as anxiety, severe

strain or mental suffering resulting from exhaustion or an accident. It

must be noted that what may cause distress to one person may

cause Eustress to the other.

Some of the events that lead to distress are:

A) Death of near-ones

B) Too much wo rkload

C) Discontent in relationships

D) Financial tension

E) Unfulfi l led desires


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Stress should never be allowed to turn into distress, as distress

causes you more harm than stress.

For example, when a businessman fails in his business, he wil l

recall what he had done. He wil l f ind out where is the mistake and

he wil l not repeat his mistake anymore. He wil l remember the lesson

so he wil l not repeat the same mistake again. Then, after a gap of

t ime, he wil l turn a new leaf. This is a positive thinking. He fail but

he dare to fail. He starts a new life and struggle from the beginning

to achieve a higher level.

For another situation, the businessman fails and he thinks that

he is useless and hopeless. He can not change his thinking to a

better way and have fear to face the society and life. He wil l end up

commit suicide. This situation happen the most i n Malaysia. Beside

that, thinking negatively may cause somebody become crazy. It is

because they start l iving in the world of the dream and these types

of people cannot go back to the reality l i fe. They wil l also do

something out of control. Britney Spears is one of the examples.


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5.2 How to overcome stress problem.

In overcoming stress problem, exercise is very helpful.

Exercise can refresh our body and prepare our body for a better

tomorrow. Exercise everyday for 30 minutes can help you to reduce

stress. Take off work early and go walking or to go to a park for an

hour or so. We never realize how much we are really stressed out,

unti l we break out of our regular schedule and do something

relaxing. Even if you love your work or family, slightly varying your

routine with something relaxing wil l greatly reduce stress. Cycling,

swimming (one of the best sports) and badminton are the example of

exercising.

Sleep. It is estimated that a typical adult needs an average of

7 to 9 hours of sleep each night. However, a lot of us function with a

lot less hours of sleep, yet this is one of the fundamental

foundations of stress. Getting not enough sleep, makes people much

more stressed out even for the most tr ivial activit ies. So, take a nap

and sleep more. Sleep can also make our body relax after thinking

and facing those problem which some can be solve and some do not

easy to overcome. Sleep before 10pm and wake up before 7 am is

the best time for our body.


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Your diet can affect stress. A healthy diet all ows the bo dy and

mind to cope with stress better. Additionally, decreasing stimulants,

such as caffeine and sugar, has been proven reduce stress too. So

when we are stressed out, avoid junk food and eat healthy foods.

The foods that we were taught are comfort foods are actually

quite the opposite. Eat more healthy food such as vegetables and

fruits. Eat less oily food, fast food and meat. It is possible for those

who are very busy to have healthy food. I would advise them to cut

the carrot and vegetables in slice and boil them. Keep them in the

fr idge.


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By the statement above, we finally know that it is not easy to

be e-learners. We may face varies barriers just to get a certif icate.

We may face stress in most of the time, misunderstanding or not

understand at all makes thing diff icult and lack of preparation are

the three main problem happen among working adults. We have to

sacrif ice our time, family and friends as well. Motivation follows by

good attitude is the key of success. Think positively can help us

cope with stress problem.

Identify the problem you face and which types of stress are

you in. relax, and then look for a solutions. You are not alone.

Besides friends and family, consolers are wil l ing to help student.

Arrange a time to meet them up.

Understanding is important. Try to understand what you are

doing. Asking friends, our senior and lecturer may help you to

overcome the problem.

Prepare ourselves for a higher education early. Understand

the important of education. There is a Mandarin sentence saying

people learning unti l he/she die. One has to learn from a level to a

level following their age. Old people are useless but they have the

most experiences, skil ls and know ledges. It is because they learn

the most. Old is gold. Without preparation, you are doing something

that is not yourself. Being you is one of the ways loving yourself.

R E F E N C E S


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The Impact of e-learning:

"Over 1.9 mill ion students were studying online in the fall of

2003."

"The expected average growth rate for online students for

2004 is

24.8%, up from 19.8% in 2003."

Entering the Mainstream - The Sloan Consortium, Oct 2004

http://www.sloan-c.org/resources/survey.asp

The Impact of E-Learning on a University Campus

http://www.maple.ubc.ca/research/impact_project.html

Ferl - Impact of e-learning on Learner Participation

http://ferl.becta.org.uk/display.cfm?resID=8242&

page=633&catID=644&printable=1

http://www.aboutstressmanagement.com/stressrelief/

How To Assess the Advantages and Disadvantages of Distance Learning

By Heather Scoville
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1. Advantage: You can work at your own pace.

While there are deadlines and due dates just as at a traditional campus

based school, there is simply more flexibility with an online program. You

can check into your class when you have time and complete assignments

around other commitments.

Disadvantage: You have to be disciplined and organized.

Being a self-starter is definitely a plus. Most of the learning will be done

through readings and discussion postings on a message board. If you

need interaction or more one-on-one time to succeed, you may want to

stick with a traditional degree program.

2. Advantage: Online degrees today are not worthless.

You will have to work just as hard at an online school as you would if you

were going to class at a traditional school. Most of the programs

advertised on the internet are fully accredited and make your degree the

"real thing".

Disadvantage: Employers do not always know this.
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Unfortunately, there is still a stigma in some careers about online degrees.

Some employers recognize the name of mostly online schools and will

consider you to be less qualified. This is an unfortunate, but true fact.

3. Advantage: Degree programs online are usually accelerated.

Most online programs go year round and therefore you will get your

diploma faster than you might at a traditional school. Classes typically go

from 4-8 weeks, and normally you only take one class at a time. You still

earn just as many semester hour credits as a traditional school, but it

helps you get done faster.

Disadvantage: Accelerated programs mean the same amount of material

in a shorter amount of time.

Those 4-8 week classes would normally last a semester or longer at a

traditional school. In order to get all of the required information into that

time frame, it means you will need to work and understand at a faster

pace. Some students cannot keep up with this type of system.

Procrastination is not possible in most cases.

4. Advantage: You can "go to class" whenever and wherever you have time.


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There are usually no scheduled times to be in class, so you can do your

discussion postings and work any time of the day or night. This flexibility

will allow you to keep your full time job and still be a student full time.

Disadvantage: Your free time could diminish.

You may find yourself spending close to 20 hours a week online to finish

projects or post discussions. If you do keep a full time job, this time will

come out of family time or recreation time you have now.

Take the time to really research this idea and see if it is the right thing for you.

Assess your learning style and motivation to make sure it is compatible with

online education. Traditional schools are often a better choice for people, but

online degree programs can be an equally good option if they fit your style and

schedule.

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